Exhibition in S.M.A.K.
10 October 2024 ➝ 9 March 2025
Do we live too fast? It's a question Malaysian-Taiwanese filmmaker Tsai Ming-liang must have asked when in 2011 he saw actor Lee Kang-sheng rehearsing a 17-minute slow-walking scene for a play. One year later, the duo started making the unique film series Walker, in which Lee stars as a buddhist monk who moves at an incredibly slow pace. Throughout the ten-part series, the walker wanders through metropolitan cities like Tokyo, Paris and Washington, D.C. or specific locations such as the director's birthplace.
In collaboration with S.M.A.K., FFG presents the exhibition Tsai Ming-liang: Walker series. All ten films will be screened at S.M.A.K., spread out over the duration of the exhibition. The complete series includes No Form (2012), Walker (2012), Diamond Sutra (2012), Sleepwalk (2012), Walking on Water (2013), Journey to the West (2014), No No Sleep (2015), Sand (2018), Where (2022) and Abiding Nowhere (2024). The tenth and perhaps final film, Abiding Nowhere, will celebrate its Belgian premiere at FFG.
With your FFG film ticket, you will have access to S.M.A.K. at a reduced rate (available at the ticket desk only) as long as the exhibition is running. Friends of S.M.A.K. can purchased film tickets for FFG at a reduced rate. Accredited festivalgoers can visit the exhibition for free during the festival period.
Don't miss the latest Walker film! Abiding Nowhere will premiere at FFG in the Official Selection.
